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= Ittai Binnun = Ittai Binnun (Hebrew איתי בינון) is an Israeli multi-instrumentalist musician, arranger and producer from the city of Jerusalem.

Biography
Ittai Binnun was born on 1.10.1972 in the historic quarter of Ein Karem to a Jewish family of Ashkenazy descent. As a child, he first began playing the Clarinet and as a teenager began playing the saxophone, taking part in rock & Jazz high-school bands. After his military service he started studying Philosophy at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem but gradually became fascinated by the different music styles which surrounded him and shifted his interest strictly to music. Over the next years Binnun experimented with many various musical instruments, developing professional skills on Ney flute, Duduk, Guitar, Saz, Baglama & Didjeridoo, and began to become known in the Jerusalem music scene for his skill on a wide range of different ethnic music instruments and styles.

Influences
Ittai Binnun's music mostly recognized with the world music scene. Through growing up in Jerusalem he absorbed a wide variety of musical traditions such as local Arab music & Jewish Klezmer. He studied he studied and collaborated with Palestinian oud master Nizar Rohana, east-European Gypsy music saxophonist Gergely Barcza and Alber Piamenta - the "founding father" of Israeli world music. Binnun had stated in past occasions that his true musical ambition is to create a "Multi-traditional" sound.

Career
Ittai Binnun's started his career as a performer as an actor and clown. Participating as an actor in different plays, he began composing music for the plays he performed with and made his first steps in the music business as a composer for the theater and later for films and television. In 1998 he wrote the original soundtrack for the documentary movie "Sipurey Hatzer", portraying the urban renewal and destruction of cultural heritage in Jerusalem. In 2000 he joined the Arab-Jewish ensemble "Josef and One” as a wind instruments player.  In 2004 he formed the (fusion band "Andralamoussia". In 2005 the band released their debut self-titled album in the following years the band performed throughout Israel and took part in major festivals world wide.  In 2004 Ittai was one of the creators of the play “Mishte” – a performance portrays the biblical story of Saul and David and observes the biblical events from a critical contemporary view. Ittai has written original music for the play and re-arranged old traditional folk music for the show.  In 2009 he wrote the original soundtrack for a modern production of the classic Jewish play The Dybbuk. The play gained an unexpected international success, and toured major cities around the globe. In 2009 he produced and composed an interactive musical performance for the Bloomfield science museum titled "An extraordinary tale of a drum a string and a flute". The show's aim was to recreate the invention of the first musical instruments while demonstrating physical principals of sound acoustics and music. In 2010 AndraLaMoussia released their 2nd album "Bet" on Israeli alternative record label The eighth note. In the same year he composed the music for Time Tunnel, an IBA documentary film about the resistance fighters during the time of the British mandate in Palestine. In 2011 Binnun produced an album for Zeev Kitzis, a singer-songwriter immersed in Jewish culture and tradition, later that year he produced the "Jewish Polesye" project - songs from the repertoire of Mariam Nirenberg, With international Polish singer Olga Mieleszczuk. In 2012 he composed the music for Human Turbines, an original movie a tale about a Palestinian group of Jews and Arabs building a rainwater collection system to save a village in the occupied territories. In 2016 Binnun formed the musical project Ittai & the toys, a live show based on improvisation and changing collaborations with other musicians, for the first time in his career harnessing computer-based production techniques and other digital device. After a few months of local and international tours The Ittai & the toys project released his first self-titled EP. That same year Binnun wrote and recorded the music for "Mr K" - a Puppet show production by Patricia O’donoven, examining the connection between the puppeteer and his puppets. In 2017 Binnun was the musical director of the annual Ein-Karem music festival in his native Ein-Karem Quarter.

Discography

 * AndraLaMoussia - self-titled (2005) - Composer, producer & player
 * Yuval Zederma - self-titled. (2007) - Ney player.
 * Zeev Kitzis - "Galor" (2009) - Producer and wind instrument player
 * AndraLaMoussia - "Bet" - (2010) - Composer, producer & player
 * Eitan Ulman - self-titled (2010) - Ney player.
 * Mika Karni - self titled (2011) Ney and Clarinet player.
 * Olga Mielesczuk - Jewish Polesye (2012) - Musical producer, engineer and wind instruments.
 * Ittai & the toys - self titled EP (2016) - Composer, producer & player

Film soundtrack

 * Sipurey Hatzer (Courtyard tales) documentary (1998)
 * Kikar Hakfar (Village square) (2006)
 * Time Tunnel documentary (2010)
 * Human Turbines (2012)

Music for theater

 * The Dybbuk (2008)
 * An Extraordinary tale of a drum a string and a flute (2008)
 * The Jerusalem science museum summer light show (2012)
 * Mr K (2016)